Palestinian Women of Gaza and the West Bank [Paperback]

... takes a new look at the situation in one of the hottest spots on the globe and asks what impact the politicization of women will have on the lives of people in the emerging Palestinian state. NWSA Journal

This volume introduces the reader to the social and political roles and challenges faced by women of Arab/Palestinian society. Even Arabic commentators have failed to accurately assess the contributions of women within the struggles of Gaza and the West Bank. These essays, written from an insiders perspective, show how Palestinian women confront issues of gender, feminism, and the national agenda.

Suha Sabbagh teaches Womens Studies at the Foreign Students program at Birzeit University on the West Bank and is the former director of the Institute for Arab Womens Studies in Washington D.C. She has published extensively on gender in the Arab world and in Arabic literature and is the author of Arab Women Between Defiance and Restraint.

Introduction
Suha Sabbagh

Section One: Defining the Role of Women
The Womens Movement During the IntifadaJoost R. Hiltermann
Patterns of Relations Within the Palestinian FamilyIslah Jad. Translated by Magda Abu Hassabo
West Bank Women and The Intifada: Revolution within the RevolutionPhilipa Strum
The Development of the Palestinian Womens Movement in the Occupied TerritoriesZahira Kamal

Section Two: How Culture Recorded Womens Role
Gender in the Poetry of the IntifadaIlham Abu Ghazaleh
Women in the Legends of the IntifadaSharif Kanaana
Interview With a Woman Novelist: Sahar KhalifehSuha Sabbagh
Short StoriesHanan Mikhail Ashrawi

Section Three: The Double Burden of Women: Tradition and Occupation
Women in the IntifadaRobin Morgan
Gender Relations During the Three Psycho-developmental Phases Under Occupation: An Interview with
Dr. Eyad el-SarrajSuha Sabbagh
Interview with Hanan Ashrawi about the History of the Womens MovementDima Zalatimló=